Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:40 pm
I keep a log on my time working on my '63 Tbird. I started 7:00 one morning, and removed everything I wanted to remove, which was the hood, cowl, fenders and front bumper, followed by the underhood wiring, and misc. underhood parts; engine; seats, console, kick panels, carpet, int. trim, sun visors, headliner and int. quarterpanels; door panels, everything inside the doors and rear quarter windows; trim off the roof rails, fenders, door and Qpanels, rear bumper, and everything else not getting painted. Also removed the deck lid. I was done a little before 1:00. Bear in mind, I'm disabled, so I needed some breaks, and had a little help from my neighbor getting the engine out. I suspect it will take double that to reinstall, considering the panels will have to line up correctly. So that's about 18 hours. I spent another 2 hours getting the exhaust pipes, steering box, and brake booster/master cyl. out. So I'll add another hour to reinstall as an estimate. It'll be easier to install these items. That's 21 hours. I'm assuming someone in better physical condition could do all that in about 1/3 less time, so let's say 14 hours. Last I checked, labor rate was $90 in this area, so that work alone would be $1250-$1300. On a '95 Mustang convertible, with much lighter parts, and not having to remove the engine and a bunch of the other parts, I'd say it would be more like 10 hours, about $900, in this locality. I'm basing this on my experience with the Tbird, and looking at my friends '94 Mustang, so it's just a guess. If my guess is close to accurate, for an estimate of $3000 to do 60% of the Mustang, that would leave roughly $2100 for surface prep and paint. Assuming a lower priced paint than PPG Deltron, that would be $300 for the base and tinted clear, another $75 for decent clearcoat, and maybe another $75 for primers. (?) Let's just say $500 for the aforementioned items, plus misc. supplies. When I was in the home improvement business, some jobs required adding a profit on the materials, rather than just a flat rate for the job. So let's say adding 50% to the materials, which translates to a 1/3 profit. Now we're up to $750 for materials. That would leave $1350 for the rest of the labor, so the total labor cost would be $2250, for 60% of the car. Does that sound right? Just asking out of curiosity.
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